it is hamas that has been on the offensive. israel has practiced so much patience and reluctance to go into gaza until these rockets, as you indicate, have come into jerusalem and the escalation has resulted in rockets coming in in tel aviv and other population centers there. so we have an obligation, the president has an obligation. thus far this week, the white house has acted in a way that i believe the israelis can see that america stands by us. certainly, in the past, last couple of years, there has been a question in my mind about where the president and the white house stand as far as the u.s./israel relationship is concerned. i am glad to see what they have said this week. i hope it holds. >> i mean, talking about -- i don't know if that gets us closer to a solution. i don't pre10 to know the solution. but i see now that egypt, president morsi has -- was getting involved in this. i see this getting more complicated, an already complicated situation getting more complicated. is there -- in any way does that increase our